Sheet-piling.



PATENTED AUG. 28, 1906.

J. J. NOLTY. SHEET FILING. APPLICATION FILED APRJO, 190? 15 I I ATTORNEYS k m. o .5 V 0 M I M M O .v 0 4 w T .6 J

5 q r O a Z m/r. N o n W .Warren STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB J. NOLTY. OF CANAL DOVER. OHIO, AbSlGNOR OF ONE-Tlilltl) 'lO JOHN (LEAKER, OF CANAL DOVER, OHIO.

SHEET-FILING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 28, 1906.

Application filed April 10, 1906. Serial No. 310,995.

To all whom it mag concern: Be it known that I, JACOB J. NoLTY, a citizen of the United States, residing atv Canal Dover, in the county of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Sheet-Piling, of whicli the following isa specification. g

This invention relates to sheet-piling, and has-for its object to provide a novel form of pile-beam which will become tightly wedged u on an adjacent beam when driven into p ace and produce a water-tight joint between the beam members, whereby a single wall of the present piling is sufficient where it would ordinarily require a double wall filled in with earth.

A further object of feet the convenient drawing of anybeampiling section or member after it has been driven into the ground and to prevent binding of the sameupon the adjacent sections when it is being drawn out of the ground.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combina tion and. arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown'in the accompanying "drawings, and particularly pointed Out/ 1D the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spiritor sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a, perspective view showing a plurality of piling-sections assembled to form a'wall in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of a beam-piling section shaped for use as a corner section. Fig. 3 is a similar view of one of the intermediate sections. Fig. 4 is a similar view of another form of piling-section. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken transversely through the joint between adjacent beam-piling sections.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

The form of piling shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings includes a web or beam 1' of the usual or. any suitable proportions, one longitudinal edge bein laterally enlarged, as at 2,-

and provided wit a transversely-tapered or dovetailed groove or channel 3, which also the invention is to eftapers longitudinally downward, as will be understood by reference to Fig. 5 of the draw ings. The other longitudinal edge of the piling is provided with a solid enlarged rib or flange 4, corresponding substantially in cross- I section to the cross-sect1onal shape of the groove or channel 3 and alsot'apered longitudinally downward.

' When a series of piling-sections of the form shown in Fig. 3 are assembled to form a wall, as shown in Fig. 1, the flanged or ribbed edge 4 of each section is received downwardly through the channel or groove 3 in the enlarged edge of the next adjacent'section, whereby the two sections are interlocked against edgewise separation, and as they taper downwardly they'become snugly wedged when driven into the ground, thereby avoiding the employment of extraneous fasteningsto prevent looseness of the sections.

Bypreference it is proposed to employ suit able packing (shown at 5 in Fig. 5) between the side walls of the channels and the side walls of the ribs 4, such packing of course swellingwhen the piling is exposed to water, thereby producing a water-tight joint in a very simple and efiicient manner. While any form of packing may be employed, wooden strips have proved very efficient and are readily fitted in place.

In order that any piling-section may be readily removed, it is proposed to form an eye or opening 6 in the upper end portion of the Web of the piling with which the hook 7 of any appropriate hoisting means 8 may be engaged for the purpose of drawing the piling out of the ground. By reason of the fact that the joints taper downwardly when a pilin -section has once been started it can be readi y lifted, as there is no liability of it becoming wedged during its upward movement. In startin to withdraw a section of the pi].- ing it has been found desirable to jar the adjacent piling-sections by striking upon their u per ends, so as to somewhat loosen the binding action between the joints of the section to be withdrawn and the sections which engage the opposite longitudinal edges thereof.

Where two walls meet at an angle, it is proposed to employ the form of iling shown in Fig. 2, wherein the web of tli cluoles an larly-related'members 1'" and 1 1 each of w ich is provided at its outer edge e piling inof piling shown in Fig. 3.

with an integral enlargement 2, having a dovetailed channel or groove 3 taperin toward its lower end, as described. for the l orm Each of the web members 1 and 1 is provided with an opening 6 at its upper end for engagement bythe hook of any suitable hoisting means, as hereinbefore described.

Upon reference to the right-hand end of 1 it will be noted that the rib 4 of the adjacent piling-section is engaged with one-of the channels 3 of the corner-section', while at the left-hand side of Fig. 1 it will be seen that the grooves or channels of the corner-section and the next section come next to one another, wherefore I provide'still another formof piling, as shown in Fig. 4. This form of I piling includes a web 1", havin its longitudinal edges provided with wefge-sh'aped integral ribs 4, tapering downwardly andengaged with the grooves or channels of the corner'section .and the adjacent section. The form of piling shown in Fig. 4 is of course pro- .vided at its upper end with an opening '6 'for convenience in drawing the section from the ground, as hereinbefore described. 7

While the present sheet-piling may be formed of any material, it is preferred to em ploy cast-steel. I

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is.-

1,,- Sheet-piling including a plurality of piling-sections having their upright edges connected by tongue-an'd-groove joints which are ta cred downwardly.

2. hect-piling including a plurality of piling-sections having their vertical edges connected by tongue-and -groove joints which are tapered transversely and also downwardly. v

3. Sheet-piling including a plurality of pilii'ig-sections having their upri ht edges connected by packed tongue-an -groove joints which are tapered downwardl 4. Sheet-piling lug-sections havlng their upright edges connected'by' packed tongue-and-groov'e joints which are tapered transversely and also downwardly.

5. Sheet-piling including a piling-section having one edge provided with a lateral enlargement having a longitudinal groove which is tapered downwardly, and another pilingsection' having a laterally-enlarged ton ue upon oneof its vertical edges,.said tongue e.- ing received withinth'e groove of the firstmentioned section and taperedfd-ownwardlyto wedge therein.

6. Sheet-piling including a piling-section having one of its upright edges provided with a lateral enl'argement' having a dovetailed groove tapering downwardly, and another piling-section having a laterally-enlar ed tongue upon one of its upright edges whic is tapered transversely and also downwardly and wedged within the groove of thefirst mentioned section. v

7. Sheet-pilin includin a'series of pilingsections having t eir uprig 1t edges connected by tongue-androove joints which are tapered downwardly, and a corner-section havmg angularly-related web members provided including a plurality'of pilwith joint elements for connection with the complementary joint elements of adjacent piling-sections.

8. A sheet-piling section provided upon each upright edge with an element of a downwardly-tapered tongue-and-groove joint, and also having an opening in the upper end portion of the web of the section.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JACOB J. NOLTY.

Witnesses:.

.JOHN A. I'IOSTETLER,

H. H. IIosrE'rLnR. 

